The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-29

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Thursday afternoon three negro women
went into the swamp near Sloans mill, In
Sumter county, TO fish the Muckalee Two
| of them soon came scurrying out of it scared
nearly TO death, while yell of terror arose
/ from the one left behind. The women said
a bear chased them from the woods. Mr..
! HerndOn, hearing the cry of distress, sent
/ two of his hands and wagon down To the
! assistance of the woman who was found living
on the ground, praying, yelling and terribly
| frightened She said a bear was after
her and she fell down and could not get up.
She thinks the horrid noise she made scared
the bear off, and that she had her hip
broken The men put her III the wagon and
carried her 10 Mr. Herndon's house. who
sent her on tatown. Size has not been able TO
walk since. An investigation of the swamp
revealed a ferociOuS old SOW with a litter of
young pigs. The old sow had run the ne
groes out of the swamp.
James L. Morris, son of c. V. Morris, was
found dead Saturday night about o'clock.
two and one-half miles from Homer. Mr.
Morris and some other gentlemen went fish
ing Saturday evening, and Mr.. Morris asso-
ciates left him and moved down the river a
short distance. When the party had quit
fishing they called Dir. Morris and he not
answering them. they concluded he had gone
home. They went 10 his home, but he was
not there They returned to the river and
began hunting for him, several other gen
tlemer accompanying them. When they
went to where he was last seen he was found
dead, with his head in the water. MI Nor
ris was subject to fits The coroner sum-
moned a jury and they rendered verdict
that deceased came to his death by an cpl
leptic fit. When he was found he was stand
ing on his hands and knees. with face in the
water. Mr.. Morris had not been married
more than three or four months. and leaves
young wife TO mourn his death.
A tramp, who claims to be all the way
from Maine, was taken into Lawrence
vile last Wednesday by A. L. Summons
and eturned over to Sheriff Cosby for safe
keeping. The man, who calls himself Car
ter Weston, was tramping through the
country, and when night came on took shell
ter in a crib at the residence of Mrs. Royal
There was nothing in the crib butfodder, and
this disciple of Jim Blaine concluded he would
have a good nights rest He made noise
enough to attract attention and the lady and
her son concluded to investigate. She held
a torch while the boy armed himself with
an ak. When they got to the crib and found
n man inside they were frightened and CON
Guided to keep him there until help could be
obtained. But Carter did not like being i'm
prisoned and proposed to come out. The
boy told him if he attempted to get out he
would chop him with his ak, and West
ton threatened to shoot them if they did not
get away. As the door was small, Weston
had to get out head foremost or feet fore
most, and he concluded to risk one log rather
than his head, so he stuck that out and the
boy was as good as his word and socked the
AK into it. This satisfied him that the
boy meant business, and he remained pa
tiently until some of the neighbors arrived
and took him in custody. He was carried
before Esquire Summons and committed to
Jail.